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Australian Beaches now added to POTA!
5 November, 2024 - Reading time: 3 minutes

As announced at the Tassie Ham-E-Con Conference 2024, Aussie Beaches will now be added to POTA:

From today our State POTA mapping coordinators will begin to add in Beaches into the POTA system. In POTA there is a park category called "State Beach".

The process of adding beaches will take many months so if there is a particular beach you want entered please contact your state POTA mapping rep.

Please take note of the safety concerns when activating a beach.
Definition of a park type "State Beach" for POTA in Australia is:
a "strip of land covered with sand, shingle or small stones at the edge of a body of water, especially by the sea between high and low water marks".
The "Beach" is the Activation zone. Beaches are crown land and therefore publicly accessible. due to the popularity of some beaches, activators should setup well away from busy areas including where swimming flags are located. Activators need to be aware of others using the space including walkers, runners, beach volleyball and other activities and locate their equipment well away from such activities to reduce risk. Beach amenities such as toilets, green space and car parks are managed by local councils and therefore are not part of the beach activation zone.
For those with physical limitations that would hinder access to the beach, they may activate from the beach amenity areas. Generally beaches will not overlap with other land base parks, but there will be overlap with marine parks providing 2-fer opportunities.
For more information and guidance on activating please see this link to the document "Guidance for activators of Australian Beaches in POTA"
Seven Mile Beach, Tasmania (AU-8678)

Connect TWO (or Three) Radios To ONE Antenna with a Diplexer/Triplexer
10 September, 2024 - Reading time: ~1 minute

Don't blow up your radios! Use this device when you want to connect two radios to one antenna, or vice versa.

Diplexer 👉 https://geni.us/KDjW

Triplexer 👉 https://geni.us/wTqWyi

TinySA 👉 https://geni.us/rUrhaH

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SNOOP in on ANY Radio Signal!
10 September, 2024 - Reading time: ~1 minute

This is the TinySA Ultra (Tiny Spectrum Analyzer) that can be used to detect any radio signal between 100 KHz and 5.3 GHz. You can even listen in on signals!

TinySA 👉 https://geni.us/iSBuc

TinySA Ultra (model in this video) 👉 https://geni.us/rUrhaH

10W Attenuator 👉 https://geni.us/ivDqB47

TinySA Wiki 👉 https://www.tinysa.org/wiki/

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Using a NanoVNA to Fix Our Repeater Coverage
10 September, 2024 - Reading time: ~1 minute

We're phasing two dipole antennas together on our repeater system, but we need to add downtilt - to move the main lobe down toward our main users. This is how you build a delay line to accomplish this using a NanoVNA. ⬇️ Equipment in this video ⬇️ NanoVNA SAA-2N 👉 https://geni.us/YPOGD0

NanoVNA H4 👉 https://geni.us/SqRmO

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How Long Is Your Coax? Testing with NanoVNA
10 September, 2024 - Reading time: 2 minutes

You can use a NanoVNA to measure coax length or distance to fault, similar to a TDR using the Transform function.

*Note the model I use is a NanoVNA SAA-2N - not the H4*

⬇️ Equipment in this video ⬇️ NanoVNA SAA-2N 👉 https://geni.us/YPOGD0

NanoVNA H4 👉 https://geni.us/SqRmO

Messi and Paoloni Hyperflex 13 👉 https://messi.it/en/catalogue/50-ohm-cables-ham-radio/hyperflex-13.htm

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